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Framework for Shaping Our Future Forests

Framework for Shaping Our Future Forests. OVERVIEW. Provincial Leadership Forum Policy Workshop Presentation November 19, 2008. CONTEXT. In the past couple of decades, we have seen: Widespread policy changes New legislative regimes (Code, FRPA) Economic cycles, market pressures

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Framework for Shaping Our Future Forests

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  1. Framework for Shaping Our Future Forests OVERVIEW Provincial Leadership Forum Policy Workshop Presentation November 19, 2008

  2. CONTEXT In the past couple of decades, we have seen: • Widespread policy changes • New legislative regimes (Code, FRPA) • Economic cycles, market pressures • Myriad strategic land use planning approaches (RLUP, LRMP) Lacking a strategic approach to the forest estate.

  3. EXPLORING THE FEP CONCEPT Some initiatives (pilots) have explored the concept of Forest Estate Planning: • TFL Management Plans • Innovative Forest Practices Agreements • Results-BasedCode: Fort St. John Pilot • Future Forest Strategies • Sustainable Forest Management Plans

  4. FOREST MANAGEMENT ISSUES Many unknowns, uncertainties, and challenges: • Climate change • Forest health (MPB and others) • Projected fall down in harvestin the mid-term • Managing for carbon & other values • Competing resource uses Bottom line – significant pressures on the timber harvesting land base

  5. INTENT… • Develop and implement a provincial framework that: • Provides guidance for a more diversified & resilient sustainabletimber supply • Brings together stakeholders • Fills a gap between higher-level • & operational plans • Facilitates professional reliance • Guides forest investments

  6. DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS Work to date suggests a successful forest estate plan should: • Be forward looking • Be collaborative (govt/industry) • Address a defined area • Involve First Nations • Involve the public It should be linked to: • Higher-level plans, strategies • Timber Supply Review • Inventory • FREP

  7. DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS A successful forest estate plan should also: • Address innovation, policy • Guide investment • Facilitate third-party certification • Have a spatial component • Include a way to measure success • Criteria and indictors • Targets

  8. MAYBE AVOID SURPISES

  9. SESSION OBJECTIVE Seek your advice and recommendations on whether to design a Forest Estate Planning framework, or not.

  10. THOUGHTS… • Do you think a Forest Estate Plan would be a beneficial addition to our planning framework? • What are the risks of not moving ahead? • If we move ahead, what key elements must we consider and incorporate to be successful?

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